Top Caribbean albums

The 18-year-old Rihanna returns with a surprising – and refreshing – diverse set that dabbles in pop, dance, R&B, reggae and acoustic numbers. A Girl Like Me is sure to solidify her as one of pop music's raising stars

Even adhering to pop Lily Allen manages to combine several styles – ska, reggae, calypso and even some rock elements. The debut album Alright, Still has recommended its creator as a talented lyricist with a good sense of melody and powerful vocals

After leading the charge for dancehall's mainstream influx, Sean Paul returns to his grittier roots on The Trinity. The Trinity perfectly captures the exciting sounds of the scene at street level with its strong beats and skillfully delivered rhymes

The new record Shine is sure to bring popularity and commercial success to Estelle for her husky vocals and great raping, faultless production and clever lyrics filled with the British imagery will surely be to anyone's liking

Sean Kingston is a debut album of a young Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston. The album is a great hybrid of reggae, rap and pop, which will hardly leave fans of modern mainstream disappointed

Paolo Nutini, the young Scottish folk artist, recorded the second disc Sunny Side Up. This record mixed several musical styles and demonstrated Nutini's significant growth in singing-songwriting

The Police celebrate the 30th anniversary of their first single's release not only with a worldwide tour but also with a new collection of their best songs. Having simplest title The Police this disc stands as a perfect overview of the bands' career

Shakira's new album Sale el Sol is the mixture of rock, Spanish rap, ethnic motifs and of course pop music, vivid, rich and varied. Unlike most of her previous works this one offers quite a large percentage of serious compositions

Barbados-born seventeen-year-old Rihanna moved to America only two years ago, but she's already scored one of the biggest hits of the summer. Music of the Sun is Rihanna's appealing feel-good first outing that promises to deliver something for everyo

Wyclef Jean's sixth studio creation Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant offers most varied genres from rap to rock, amazes with the diversity of vocalists and rhyme performers and of course gives the world an imposing portion of delicious hits

Katie Melua, a promising English pop-singer of Georgian origin, released her third solo album Pictures. It contains romantic ballads, picturing today's life through the eyes of this young extraordinary singer

On Youth Matisyahu continues to bring his uncanny, electrifying fusion of orthodox Judaism and classic reggae music to us with unbelievable energy. Youth is a huge step forward for Matisyahu and clearly shows his growth and enormous potential